Ignatius Mackenzie Ossum (“I. M.” Ossum) is a modern-day renaissance man: part scientist (but not “mad” about it), part magician, part showman, part curator of the curious, and all fun! He is coming to the Franklin Opera House on Friday, February 26, at 1:30 and 7:30 PM.

Taking scientist and author Arthur C. Clarke at his word when he wrote, “Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic,” Ossum and his Wonder Show explore the overlapping worlds of science and magic with Ossum acting as the tour guide to a journey of the impossible. Come along on this journey of “mag-experiments” and learn what is truly possible.

Andrew Pinard — the award-winning performer, popular theater artist, and favorite throughout New England and beyond — brings magic and science to audiences in a thoroughly engaging way as he portrays the wacky Professor Ossum. Audiences will be engaged, entertained, and educated at the same time they are laughing in the aisles, thinking about the “physics behind the tricks,” and going home to share the science behind the magic.

Tickets are $6 to $10 and are available online at FranklinOperaHouse.org, or call 934-1901.